Events news (updated 17 Sep 2020)
This page notifies recent additions and changes to events – both our own and selected external events. To keep up to date, you should also check the Notices page, where other news is reported....
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From The Chair – No. 22: Skeleton Staff
An ongoing series of short reports by written our Chair, Dr Sue Andrew, musing on discoveries made as she travels around Devon. This follows on from Sue’s earlier series of reports made during walks...
President’s Symposium, October 2020
The subject of our 2020 symposium will be Valuing and Restoring Nature. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic we are unable to hold the symposium in the normal format, but it will go ahead in...
Annual General Meeting 2020
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of The Devonshire Association will be held by videoconference on Saturday 3rd October 2020 at 11 a.m. Agenda Statement from the Chair regarding the temporary amendment to the quorum...
Notices (updated 5 Sep 2020)
This is the place for notices and short news items that will be of interest to members of the DA. You may also wish to look at the Events news page where new events...
East Devon Branch report: Feb to Jun 2020
At our Branch Annual General Meeting in February thanks were extended to Marienne Carnochan for her outstanding contribution to the branch, following her retirement from the committee after thirty three years of service. Jean...
From the Chair 14. Porch
A series of fourteen short pieces written during the 2020 coronavirus lockdown by our Chair, Dr Sue Andrew, musing on discoveries made during excursions from her Tavistock home. For a continuation series that ranges...
Regarding COVID-19 (updated 14 Jun)
14 June 2020 Important Update As you will be aware, back in March the DA’s Executive Committee decided to postpone all events until the end of June 2020 as a result of the UK...
Presentation to John Allan, our President, 2019–2020
On Thursday 4 June, Sue Andrew, DA Chair, and Ian Varndell, Hon. Secretary, met with John Allan outside a deserted Exeter Cathedral to present him with a token of The Devonshire Association’s gratitude for...
158th Annual Conference, Bideford 2020
All DA events up to 30 June have been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. See our dedicated page for the latest information. This postponed Annual Conference will be re-run in Bideford in 2021....